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UMNH Related Links: The Utah Museum of Natural History has information on the EIS at their webpage.Save Our Canyons Comments submitted during the initial scoping period can be found here. (pdf file 25.6 KB) Click here for information on the NEPA process You can read Bear West's EIS flyer here. (pdf file 1.18 MB) |
The Utah Museum of Natural
History (UMNH) at the U of U announces it will prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed construction and operation of a
new museum facility at its new site. You are invited to
participate in a new scoping process for the EIS.
The museum facility is
proposed to be build on a 17-acre site south of Red Butte Garden.
National Park Service (NPS) funds are helping to pay for the project so
an environmental analysis of the potential environmental effects of the
proposal in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA). Due to public involvement UMNH will prepare an EIS
instead of the originally planned Environmental Assessment (EA).
Save Our Canyons is
concerned about development in this area and the location of the
building in such close proximity to the Bonneville Shoreline
Trail. Red Butte Canyon and the surrounding land was set aside as
a natural area for study and observation. We feel that there
should be careful consideration to the unique natural and historic
aspects of this area before it is decided that it needs yet another
building.
The deadline for submitting comments was October 8th. Visit the museums webpage to learn more about the EIS. Thanks to everyone who submitted comments.